U.S. Chamber Rebuilds America

U.S. Chamber Rebuilds America

A new initiative announced by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
will spur billions in infrastructure investments, meaning
a boom for industrial construction executives and financial
and banking executives looking to new investments.

“We’re rapidly running out of capacity,
and it’s already costing us jobs, productivity,
competitiveness, mobility, and most tragically, innocent
American lives,” said chamber president and CEO
Thomas J. Donohue. “We must begin now to build
a modern and safe infrastructure system. The business
community must lead the way to make this happen.”

Donohue announced that the chamber would organize, fund,
and lead a multimillion-dollar initiative called “Let’s
Rebuild America.”

Boosting
public investment through congressional reauthorizations
and public-private partnerships and stopping the diversion
of infrastructure funds to other programs.

“We can create American jobs, reduce congestion,
clean the air, succeed in a global economy, and save
thousands of innocent lives by expanding both private
and public investment in our infrastructure,” Donohue
told business executives. “The benefits are great.
The price of failure is high. We are going to make sure
that the American people hear that message over and over
again and hold their elected officials accountable.”